The whole moon and the entire sky are reflected in one dewdrop on the grass.

The more we understand impermanence, the more we understand that we can't hold on to anything.

The mind is everything. What you think you become.

Just as the wise do not take a mirage to be water, nor an echo to be a voice, so the enlightened do not take the world to be real.

Whatever is dependently co-arisen, that is explained to be emptiness. That, being a dependent designation, is itself the middle way.

Every moment of confusion is also a moment of wisdom, if we can learn to recognize it.

To have faith is to trust yourself to the water. When you swim you don't grab hold of the water, because if you do you will sink and drown. Instead you relax, and float.

The stages of insight unfold naturally when mindfulness is continuous. There is no need to desire them or try to make them happen.

The practice of Zen mind is beginner's mind. In the beginner's mind there are many possibilities; in the expert's mind there are few.

The five aggregates are not a theoretical model but a description of lived experience to be investigated through mindfulness.

The sign of wisdom is constant joy.

We can never obtain peace in the outer world until we make peace with ourselves.

Short moments, many times. That is the essence of meditation practice.

The practice of meditation requires both energy and patience, both effort and relaxation.

The noting mind and the object noted appear to occur as a pair. Through concentration they are seen to arise and vanish together.

When you let go of trying to control everything, you can relax and enjoy life.

We need the courage to learn from our experience and the wisdom to be willing to change and grow.

Just to be alive is enough.

When you understand one thing through and through, you understand everything. When you try to understand everything, you will not understand anything.

True peace is found not in the absence of experience but in the clear seeing of all experience.

Each decision we make, each action we take, is born out of an intention.

If your mind is empty, it is always ready for anything; it is open to everything.

The Four Noble Truths are not mere doctrinal propositions but a framework for understanding and transforming our lives.

Mind training is based on the idea that two opposite mental factors cannot happen at the same time.

Real freedom is not about controlling our experience, but about being free within our experience.

Rather than letting our negativity get the better of us, we could acknowledge that right now we feel like a piece of shit and not be squeamish about taking a good look.

The knowledge of dissolution comes when you see both the noting mind and noted object dissolving together.

The whole path of mindfulness is about letting go. We let go of our attachment to our views, our attachment to our opinions, our attachment to our ideas.

The mind is like a well-forged sword - it adapts to all situations.

If you cannot find the truth right where you are, where else do you expect to find it?

Through our eyes, the universe is perceiving itself. Through our ears, the universe is listening to its harmonies. We are the witnesses through which the universe becomes conscious of its glory, of its magnificence.

When you note pain, you should not dwell on the thought, "I feel pain." Simply recognize the presence of pain.

Silence is so much more productive of wisdom and clarity than thinking.